- #1 Hatred and Blood
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lia CallanPub: Amos Shade SRL
Windows · Mac
Hatred and Blood is a psychological horror RPG set in a dystopian 1980s. Nations have turned to isolation and walls to prevent another war. But a curse, or sickness, spreads... consuming people from within and erasing their humanity. Will you endure… or be Baptized in Dismay?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.2%, Party-Based RPG 11.4%, Dark Fantasy 10.5%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%
- #2 Fear & Hunger 2: Termina
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,356 reviews2022
Dev: Miro Haverinen
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
F&H 2: Termina is oppressive, relentless and hopeless. A mix of jRPG and Survival Horror. Turn-based combat meets resource management. 3 days to explore the wicked town of Prehevil and find out about its dark secrets. 3 days until the pale and sickly green moon rises at its apex. Termina is upon us!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 15.2%, Dark Fantasy 14.1%, Survival Horror 12.4%, Party-Based RPG 11.3%, JRPG 10.6%
- #3 Dirge of the Scarlet Star
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Omnibatsu
Windows
A JRPG and Survival Horror,featuring turn based combat and 12 different playable characters.A day, morning ,afternoon,and evening under the Scarlet Star, to end the insanity,or join it.Dirge of the Scarlet Star is a descent into isolation,madness,and a slow death under the heat of the Scarlet Star.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 15.4%, JRPG 15.3%, RPG 13.5%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Party-Based RPG 13%
- #4 The Backworld
95% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Numor GamesPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows
Slip between the cracks of reality into a world where danger awaits at every turn. Survive with strategy, battling when necessary or fleeing when the odds are stacked against you. Collect strange items, unlock new abilities, and recruit unique companions. Forge your own path; every choice matters.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 13.6%, JRPG 12.8%, Party-Based RPG 12.6%, Horror 10.3%, Turn-Based Combat 9.9%
- #5 Woe Reigns Unending
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Joshua SarverPub: n/a
Windows
Lead a cursed party through a ruined world in this grimdark side-scrolling RPG. Build your team, master tactical combat, and unleash forbidden powers to survive an endless parade of nightmares. Decide what, if anything, is worth salvaging from a world that has been reduced to ashes.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 16.4%, Dark Fantasy 15.6%, Turn-Based Combat 14.3%, Party-Based RPG 12.9%, Horror 8.9%
- #6 Sin or Suffer
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Gritty PiggyPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Sin or Suffer is a brutal mix of survival-horror and JRPG. Locked in a medieval prison, you awake amidst a cold silence. The guards are gone; inmates and madness own the place. Something terrible lurks underground. But the only way to the truth is down.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 14.9%, Turn-Based Combat 12.7%, Survival Horror 12.4%, JRPG 11.8%, Horror 9.4%
- #7 Skautfold: Knight's End
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: Steve GalPub: Pugware
Windows
Skautfold: Knight's End is the final chapter in the Skautfold series. Explore the Waltham Industries factory and uncover its dark secrets; with a unique timeline-based RPG battle system, you'll come face-to-face with Eldritch horrors as humanity reaches its final days on Earth...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.9%, JRPG 17.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 17%, RPG 16.2%, Turn-Based Combat 13.2%
- #8 Look Outside
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 14,361 reviews2025
Dev: Francis CoulombePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Look Outside is a survival horror RPG set in a single apartment building. A mysterious event turns anyone who looks out the window into grotesque monsters, leaving the world in absolute chaos. Scavenge the building to seek food, supplies, and weapons while encountering strange characters.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.7%, Survival Horror 15.6%, Turn-Based Combat 15.1%, RPG 13.4%, Horror 12.5%
- #9 Carnosis
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dungalot
Windows · Mac · Linux
Carnosis is a horror dungeon crawler set in a grimdark empire filled with mutated monstrosities and war machines. Sever enemy limbs, steal the flesh of defeated foes, and chain devastating status combos to butcher your way to the emperor.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 19%, Turn-Based Combat 14.4%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Party-Based RPG 10.5%, RPG 9.8%
- #10 Pharos Light
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alice Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Pharos Light is a survival horror game inspired by “The Lighthouse” and Lovecraft. Upgrade the Lighthouse with unique equipment, develop the island, and survive the night.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.5%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Horror 11.4%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, Dark 9.6%
- #11 Nocturnis
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grimlight Interactive
Windows
Nocturnis is a narrative-driven, party-based tactical RPG where a desperate attempt to restore magic twists mankind into beasts. Explore a handcrafted world, master tactical combat, and reach the Moon Temple before the night ends. Your choices and combat prowess will determine what remains by dawn.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 21.3%, Lovecraftian 17.3%, Turn-Based Combat 16.8%, Dark Fantasy 15.2%, RPG 10%
- #12 RAVENSBURG
89% matchPositive96% of 45 reviews2025
Dev: Lilian Duleroux
Windows
RAVENSBURG is a haunting RPG where you play as a vampire. Here Lovecraftian Horror meets Anime. Liberate a cult-ridden city, uncover mysteries, and fight horrors beyond imagination while befriending attractive companions. Unravel a gothic mansion, and explore the city’s darkest depths.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.9%, Turn-Based Combat 14.5%, Party-Based RPG 11.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%, Horror 10.6%
- #13 Remnants Of Isolation
89% matchVery Positive80% of 126 reviews2015
Dev: Team IsolationPub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Fight horrific enemies and utilize powerful spell fusions to overcome the cruel fate of mages and see the light of freedom.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 16.1%, Party-Based RPG 15.4%, Turn-Based Combat 14.8%, JRPG 13.6%, Dark Fantasy 10.5%
- #14 Fear & Hunger
88% matchVery Positive94% of 22,619 reviews2019
Dev: Miro HaverinenPub: Happy Paintings
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Fear & Hunger is a horror dungeon crawler set in the dark and hopeless dungeons of fear and hunger. The game is a hybrid of survival horror and dungeon crawler genres with its influences ranging from Silent Hill to Nethack. There are roguelike elements to the game as well as a heavy foundation of a j-RPG.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 24.5%, Lovecraftian 14.6%, Horror 10.8%, Turn-Based Combat 9.9%, Violent 8.9%
- #15 Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
87% matchMixed66% of 2,521 reviews2019
Dev: Cultic GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Delve into a role-playing game of horror, loss and madness set in the strange worlds of HP Lovecraft. Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones offers a mix of rich role-playing and turn-based tactical combat, represented in an illustrative visual style. Can you find salvation in a dead world?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.6%, Turn-Based Combat 16%, RPG 14.8%, Horror 11.7%, Violent 7%
- #16 NOSTRA
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Runecraft Studios
Windows
A story-driven dark fantasy JRPG with tactical party-based combat, built by a solo developer with external artists and musicians. Three kingdoms hold an uneasy peace while something older stirs beneath it. Leave your village and lead a party into a world of fragile beauty and gathering shadow.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 21.7%, JRPG 20.7%, Party-Based RPG 15.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.5%, Story Rich 10%
- #17 Stray Magic
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Starlit Castle
Windows
The Everley University of Magic has fallen, but a quest led you here... a mission still waiting to be fulfilled. Explore, fight, recruit and survive as you cross paths with other lost souls. A turn-based JRPG influenced by dungeon crawlers and survival horror.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 19.1%, Party-Based RPG 16.2%, Turn-Based Combat 15.7%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Horror 12%
- #18 Antadin DX
85% matchPositive82% of 33 reviews2020
Dev: Red Skald
Windows
A dark jrpg with tough choices that change the story. You play as the last of the antadins, the protector of the queen of your colony. You have to traverse bleak, corrupted caverns, inhabitated by a myriad of different insects. Trying to protect your ward.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 19.7%, Turn-Based Combat 16.4%, JRPG 15.9%, Dark Fantasy 15.8%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #19 Second Odium
84% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: James H. Van der MeulenPub: Trash Vomit Studios
Windows
Seek purpose while managing a plethora of various afflictions and personality traits in hopes to survive an endless barrage of nightmarish threats that continuously seek to consume your mind.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 19.5%, Turn-Based Combat 16.6%, Dark Fantasy 9.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.2%, RPG 8.7%
- #20 Requiem for Faith
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Seal Desk
Windows · Mac
Requiem for Faith is a dark fantasy turn-based RPG where timing, choices, and faith shape your fate. Parry, dodge, unleash Ritual-powered ultimates, forge Accords with gods or demons, and uncover the truth beneath a kingdom standing at the edge of a breaking faith
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 20.3%, JRPG 19.4%, Party-Based RPG 18%, Turn-Based Combat 12.5%, RPG 9.8%
- #21 Hymn to the Earless God
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Starseed Games
Windows
Turn-based RPG from the creator of Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass set on a brutal alien planet. Four unique main characters, four unforgettable stories, four inescapable calamities.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 17.9%, RPG 16.7%, Party-Based RPG 12.6%, Dark Fantasy 12.4%, Dark 12.2%
- #22 Echoes of Fear
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: UDG
Windows
Containment has failed. As an amnesiac agent of the Bureau, face uncontained anomalies in a turn-based mystery RPG. Every tactical move and moral judgment creates a lasting echo. Record, research, and survive the consequences. Your judgment is the only shield.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.2%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Horror 12%, Turn-Based Combat 10.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.2%
- #23 Winter Winds
82% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: paintedReality
Windows · Linux
Winter Winds is a grim fantasy RPG where you play as a mute, recently resurrected sadist with the mission to return the missing sun to the sky, with or without the help of an outspoken angel detective.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 21.8%, Turn-Based Combat 16.8%, JRPG 16.4%, Survival Horror 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10%
- #24 Materialization of memories
81% matchPositive95% of 43 reviews2023
Dev: Amosov VladyslavPub: Causing pleasure
Windows
Materialization of Memories is a Survival Horror game where you can never be sure you are in control of the situation. The materialisation zone has many surprises in store for you.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 18.1%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Party-Based RPG 13.2%, Psychological Horror 9.2%, JRPG 8.8%
- #25 The Deep Calls
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RandyPotatoGames
Windows
Build every hero your way in The Deep Calls, a turn based Lovecraftian roguelite dungeon crawler. Choose distinct Disciplines, mix unlocked Skills , embrace dangerous Traits, and equip hard won relics. Forge powerful party synergies, then risk those builds in branching dungeons with no retreat.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 22.5%, Party-Based RPG 20.4%, Lovecraftian 20.3%, Dark Fantasy 15.5%, RPG 10.2%
- #26 Vita: The Ember Oracle
80% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Desert Tsunami
Windows
The great city of Pando is crumbling under the weight of a radical prophecy. Follow Sin-Nul, a fire Vita caught between fate and the encroaching zealotry of the Ever Flame. In a world where belief is a weapon, will you be the spark that restores Pando, or the flame that consumes it?
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 19%, JRPG 18.7%, Party-Based RPG 17.8%, Dark Fantasy 14.3%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #27 Resonating Cords
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: gynura
Windows
Whose will is God's will? Follow the chosen saint in his journey through the Communion, the mysterious process of God's replacement.
Why similar: JRPG 16.4%, Party-Based RPG 15.8%, Dark Fantasy 15.8%, Turn-Based Combat 13.6%, RPG 10.8%
- #28 Innacorde: Remember Me
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Innacorde
Windows
Build, refine and mutate your team of horrors to fight your way out of the nightmare you find yourself in. Everything is expendable. Everything is usable. Twist the world to your will and make them remember your name.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.5%, Dark Fantasy 17.3%, Turn-Based Combat 15.8%, RPG 12.2%, JRPG 10.9%
- #29 Despair Beneath the Sunless Sky
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kyomotions
Windows
A psychological horror RPG blending dark fantasy and mystery. Explore a relentless open world, alone or with companions, confront grotesque horrors in turnbased combat, and make irreversible choices. Uncover deep lore and mysteries visible only to those with discerning eyes.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.4%, Dark Fantasy 16.5%, Turn-Based Combat 13.9%, JRPG 13.4%, Psychological Horror 8.8%
- #30 Edge of Madness
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FogBound Studio
Windows
A Lovecraftian RPG with tactical card-based combat. Uncover dark secrets, face cult and eldritch horrors. Every choice shapes the battle - outplay your enemies or lose yourself to madness.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 19.6%, Turn-Based Combat 15.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, Horror 8.8%
- #31 Cursed Order
77% matchPositive88% of 41 reviews2024
Dev: AntsFood
Windows
Fight for Astaria's freedom as a revolution army against a kingdom-dominating cult with a bunch of teens in your party!
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 16.5%, Turn-Based Combat 14.9%, JRPG 13.6%, Violent 10%, Dark 10%
- #32 Icon
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ArxTec
Windows
A darkness has crept into the rotting marrow of the once glorious Arx Imperium. As the deep places stir and the dead rise from their graves, this ruined world finds itself in need of a hero, a savior, an icon.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 19.8%, Party-Based RPG 18.6%, JRPG 17.7%, Dark Fantasy 17.6%, RPG 10.2%
- #33 Arcanamals
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hungry Potato Games
Windows
Arcanamals is a narrative-driven, turn-based RPG centered on exploration. Journey across two parallel worlds and restore balance to a corrupt world.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 23.9%, JRPG 22.6%, Turn-Based Combat 19.5%, RPG 11.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%
- #34 EMISSARY
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Weevil Workshop
Windows
Assume the mantle of the Emissary in this dark whimsical RPG. Bring the world back from the brink of devastation as you purge the blight that occupies it.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 23.2%, Dark Fantasy 22.5%, RPG 16.5%, Party-Based RPG 15.4%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #35 Claustrophobia
76% matchMixed67% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: Sentinel Studios
Windows
Claustrophobia offers a scary and dark horror experience filled with blood boiling moments, first you will have to silently move your way through the darkness, until you can pick up arms and discover the truth. Can you figure out what is hiding in this grueling subterranean facility?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25%, Survival Horror 14.8%, Horror 13.5%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Dark 10.7%
- #36 Alter Animus
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Verminick
Windows
Alter Animus is a turn-based RPG with horror elements, mysteries to unveil and a character-driven narrative. It's up to you if these unforeseen and unthinkable circumstances make these people truly come together or if they succumb to the consequences of their actions.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 20%, Turn-Based Combat 19.1%, RPG 16.8%, Horror 14.6%, Psychological Horror 11.9%
- #37 Anchorite: Heritage Ascension
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Effort 2 Pixel
Windows
Reclaim your legacy in a story-rich dark fantasy RPG. Master deep turn-based combat, rebuild and manage your settlement, restore control over your lands, and shape their future alongside companions whose beliefs may clash with your own.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 18.9%, Party-Based RPG 18.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.3%, Dark Fantasy 14.8%, RPG 14.6%
- #38 Blood Sword
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Prime Games
Windows
An ancient evil returns. A sword lost to legend. A party bound by fate. Forge your legacy in a story-rich RPG of turn-based combat and branching choices, inspired by the classic Blood Sword saga.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 20%, Turn-Based Combat 17.3%, Dark Fantasy 17.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.5%, RPG 9.9%
- #39 The Consuming Shadow
75% matchVery Positive95% of 428 reviews2015
Dev: Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Consuming Shadow is a procedural survival horror adventure in which you must explore the land, fight your way through randomly-generated dungeons and try to stay sane in your quest to save the world from the invading Ancients.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.8%, Survival Horror 15.6%, Violent 10.1%, Horror 9.3%, Dark 5.4%
- #40 Breath of Fire IV
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 620 reviews2026
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Master an array of skills and magic to unlock strategic victories in battle as you go head to head with unique enemies using powerful "Dragon Transformations" and combo actions! Follow the intertwining stories of Ryu and Fou-Lu to their thrilling conclusion in this classic RPG adventure.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 20.5%, JRPG 20%, RPG 17%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.8%, Dark Fantasy 11.8%
- #41 Souls Alive: Origins
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Souls Alive Development
Windows
Souls Alive: Origins is a Lovecraftian survival horror game set in a dark sci-fi future. Explore a world where reality bends, ancient cults return, and Cthulhu stirs once more. With a strong focus on story, atmosphere, and visual detail.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41%, Survival Horror 17.5%, Horror 13.4%, Story Rich 8.5%, Psychological Horror 7.1%
- #42 Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion
73% matchVery Positive83% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: SezhesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Frail Hearts: Versicorae Domlion is an old-school JRPG with a deep and mysterious storyline placed in a fictional dark city of Gris. Explore the story of four troubled souls and kill the abominations that threaten the existence of reality itself.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25%, Turn-Based Combat 16.5%, JRPG 15.1%, Dark 10.1%, Horror 10.1%
- #43 Darkest Dungeon® II
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 26,731 reviews2023
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across the decaying landscape on a last gasp quest to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25%, Dark Fantasy 16.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 16%, Party-Based RPG 11.5%, Turn-Based Combat 10.6%
- #44 NADYR
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LoganMakesGames
Windows
NADYR is a fixed camera, survival horror, party-based RPG.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 22.5%, Survival Horror 15.5%, JRPG 13.9%, Horror 12.3%, Dark 9.4%
- #45 Billy the Hero
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JOJOJOJOsoft
Windows
Billy woke up on Hell Island as a bear. No memories. No regrets. Apparently, this is just who he is now. A Dark Fantasy Turn-Based RPG where math kills, heroines are unhinged, and the truth about Billy is the one thing the game won't hand you easily.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.8%, Party-Based RPG 15.3%, Dark Fantasy 15%, Turn-Based Combat 15%, JRPG 11.7%
- #46 Otrinica's Inferno
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Umesin Studio
Windows
Challenge the cruel Queens of the abyss in this JRPG and Visual Novel hybrid. Your romance with Otrinica is the only light amidst resource management and psychological horror. Fight, decide, and survive. Is your love strong enough to escape the sovereigns?
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 17.5%, Turn-Based Combat 15.7%, Dark Fantasy 15.6%, JRPG 14.3%, Survival Horror 9.1%
- #47 Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket
70% matchMixed65% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
Windows
In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.3%, Survival Horror 15.3%, Horror 14.3%, Dark 12.2%, Psychological Horror 12.2%
- #48 Zjawa: Bloodstained Soul
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Platty Gems
Windows
Zjawa: Bloodstained Soul is a 2D Survival Horror RPG mixing turn-based combat with real-time elements and hand-drawn art, set in 13th century France during a crusade against heresy. Slash, parry, and collect items to survive to see the end, whatever it may be. Find absolution or damnation.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 15.8%, Turn-Based Combat 14.9%, Lovecraftian 14.6%, Horror 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #49 Fractal Odyssey
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Golden Thread
Windows
Fractal Odyssey is a tactical RPG about forging freedom. Guide a party of rebels to slay a dragon god and topple a tyrannical Decree. They will cross frozen wastes, enter ephemeral dreams, and face unbreakable foes. They will fall, and they will die. You must carve their future.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 18.4%, Dark Fantasy 17.9%, Turn-Based Combat 15.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.4%, JRPG 8.3%
- #50 Parting Shadows
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Blake WunderlePub: Wunderelf Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A narrative RPG where every choice reshapes the story. Build your party from 56 unique classes, fight through three branching tales of mystery and betrayal, and discover that some paths can't be retraced.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 23.2%, Turn-Based Combat 18.9%, Dark Fantasy 15.1%, RPG 10.6%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #51 Penknife
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Goblin Workshop
Windows
Alex Penton, a 16 year old troublemaker from a small town in the UK sets off an eldritch invasion and must fight to survive while teaming up with unlikely allies to uncover the mysteries of the Necronomicon in this Survival Horror Action RPG.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.6%, Party-Based RPG 17.8%, Survival Horror 16.9%, JRPG 10.7%, RPG 10%
- #52 DEORUM
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Joyhop Games
Windows
Descend into the forsaken dungeon and fight the horrors in the dark. Gather occult materials, craft nightmarish coins, and settle your debt to the cosmic powers. Obey the Divine Festival.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.9%, Dark Fantasy 17.2%, Turn-Based Combat 15.2%, Horror 10.9%, Psychological Horror 8.3%
- #53 Dead of Darkness
67% matchVery Positive88% of 224 reviews2025
Dev: Retrofiction Games
Windows
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.4%, Survival Horror 16%, Horror 12.7%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #54 Nimaat
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RaObscura
Windows
Face corrupted gods, survive brutal combat, and shape Nimaat’s fate in a world where faith itself has turned hostile in this dark psychological turn-based RPG set in a fractured vision of ancient Egypt.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 21.4%, Dark Fantasy 19.3%, RPG 15.8%, Psychological Horror 11.6%, Horror 9.9%
- #55 Crimson Night
66% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Bosko Productions
Windows
Crimson Night is a challenging turn-based combat game that blends unforgiving battles with world exploration and character progression/building. You'll learn through trial and error, die often, adapt your tactics, and keep pushing forward!
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 23.5%, JRPG 18.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.6%, Dark Fantasy 14.5%, RPG 10.9%
- #56 Cross Reverie
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sinxsoft
Windows
Follow the story of Eight of the land of Xylera’s bravest combatants and their descent into the madness known only as The Trial of Nightmare in this JRPG-inspired title featuring turn-based combat and a character-focused narrative.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 19.1%, Dark Fantasy 18.5%, Turn-Based Combat 17.4%, JRPG 17.1%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #57 Cradle of Nightmare : Flowers to you
65% matchVery Positive93% of 721 reviews2025
Dev: 红锈雨
Windows
Cradle of Nightmare: Flowers to You is an adventure game featuring a turn-based ATB system. Step into the shoes of Yue Qing, an ordinary high schooler thrust into a world of darkness as an otherworldly force tears reality asunder. Navigate a ruined world and end the filth festering within humanity.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 21.3%, Dark Fantasy 19.9%, JRPG 12.5%, Dark 12.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%
- #58 The Sleep Experiment
68% matchMostly Negative26% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: ClawsDev
Windows · Mac
Experience the horrors of one of the most infamous experiments that ever took place. As a test subject in a top-secret Soviet research facility, you must endure days without sleep while facing unimaginable terrors that lurk in the shadow.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.5%, Survival Horror 17.7%, Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 13%, Dark 12.6%
- #59 Evil Origin
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kevin Musto
Windows
Evil Origin is a dark fantasy, gothic horror JRPG with blood pumping turn-based combat.
Why similar: JRPG 25.9%, RPG 19.1%, Turn-Based Combat 16%, Dark Fantasy 15%, Horror 14.5%
- #60 Dezlooca Anthology - Retro Rpg: Rise of the One Winged Phoenix
69% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: DezloocaPub: Cannibal Krew Entertainment
Windows
Full length over 8 hours of story! Explore 4 different themed worlds and help Dezlooca, Archaic, Savage & Meeka save the earth from total annihilation at the hands of Malik.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 20.6%, Turn-Based Combat 16.2%, JRPG 15.6%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, RPG 8.8%